BRAZIL—Continue to pray for Noelle Routon’s permanent visa.

Pray for Gwen Pinkerton, dividing her time between the church and the OMS office with a lot of details in the OMS office to be taken care of even though there are few staff members.

Remember the David and Conce Roof family and Lamar and Kay Ziegler (short termers), working in the Belem area during the few months the Zieglers have to share in various special ways.

Pray for the anniversary celebration of the Belo Horizonte Church in Londrina on March 20 and for Micah Routon, who is sharing.
 

BRAZIL—Continue to pray for important church meetings from March 2-5 with the Brazil church and OMS missionaries. Micah Routon and Gwen Pinkerton are attending, along with Jeff Edwards, Dean Davis and Jonathan Morton from headquarters.

Pray for Londrina churches as they use the International Women’s Day on March 7 to win the lost for the Lord.
 

BRAZIL—Pray for David and Conce Roof, Micah and Marla Routon and Gwen Pinkerton, all serving in three separate cities. 

David and Conce Roof are hosting Lamar and Kay Ziegler, regular short termers who will help in many areas, especially in evangelism, woodworking for men, crafts for women and English Bible studies. Remember Andrew Roof, in school during this time.

Micah and Marla Routon continue to transition, unpack and demold some items that were packed for more than a year and try to figure out a daily schedule, while preparing for meetings with the national church and leaders from OMS headquarters from March 2-5.

Gwen Pinkerton continues in Londrina with the accounting, guest apartment preparation for guests and various other tasks, along with serving in the local church as secretary and pastor.

Pray for Every Community for Christ meetings on February 23 with area churches in Londrina and on February 24 in the Maringa area.
 

BRAZIL—One of the last lawsuits that OMS Brazil had for Camp Shalom was to leave $1,500 in a fund for the lawyers to settle the deal about two years ago. In December, OMS received $500 as a refund of part of that money, and now the lawsuit is officially closed. Praise the Lord.

BRAZIL—Mel and Fran Noah will be on deputation in Florida for a month. Pray as they raise support for the seminary in Brazil and visit supporting churches.

BRAZIL—Micah and Marla Routon are making final plans to leave family and friends to return to Brazil. Their daughter Noelle was born in the U.S. while they were on homeland assignment, so their departure date may be determined by her visa. They need prayer that this application process will move quickly.

Pray for David Roof, working alone in the church while Tiago, the other pastor, travels to Maringa for church meetings.

Pray for the seminary students, finishing their work, and for the students who graduate on December 19. Some are going to work in churches, others in internships, and some others are unsure of what they’ll do. December, January and February are big recruiting months. The seminary needs a good group of new students to apply.

Pray for end of the year programs, preparations and vacations.